New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
July 25, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 25, 1998 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 3 1 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 3 1 2 1
Piazza c 4 0 1 1
Hundley lf 3 0 0 0
  Gilkey lf 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Huskey rf 4 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 4 0 1 0
Lopez ss 4 0 2 0
Yoshii p 2 0 0 0
  Harris lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 2b,3b 4 1 3 1
Sosa rf 2 0 0 0
Grace 1b 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 3 0 0 0
Blauser ss 3 0 0 0
Houston c 3 0 0 0
Orie 3b 2 0 0 0
  Alexander pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Tapani p 2 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 1 1 2
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 4 3
New York 000 001 010270
Chicago 000 001 02x340
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Yoshii   7.1 3 2 2 2 4
  Franco  L (0-5) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
4
3
3
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  W (12-6) 8.0 7 2 2 2 7
  Beck  SV (30) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
7

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  2B–New York Olerud (19,off Tapani), Chicago Hernandez (14,off Yoshii).  3B–New York McRae (4,off Tapani).  HR–New York Olerud (13,6th inning off Tapani 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Hernandez (16,6th inning off Yoshii 0 on, 2 out); Hill (2,8th inning off J Franco 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Yoshii (6,off Tapani).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–C.B. Bucknor, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:31.  A–40,436.
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